Hey there, thanks so much for the suggestions - I am working on implementing them for the next patch. Totally agree these quality of life features are much needed for the Fort Mode. I have probably neglected it too much recently due to a focus on the Adventure mode updates and general bug fixes. I'll do some rebalancing too, as that doesn't sound fun at all and it's not the intention to make resources *that* scarce :-).
Really appreciate the kind words and I'm so happy to hear you're enjoying the game. This is essentially the alpha developmental build so there's much much more to come!